whispering into a person's ear
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
remarkably; noticeably; visibly; considerably; perceptibly; appreciably
else; in addition; besides
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
supplementary explanation
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
to be too numerous; to be too much
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
magazine; journal; periodical
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
somehow; for some reason or other
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect